The South western news., 1887-05-18

0e"So' eVaue'i Iae SUBJECT, llttie
thinking it would lead to this, I
couidnot then tell him our secret.
not until poor Harry's fate was de.
cided. Last evening. when Mr.
Corey was here, and telling me Of
his last interview with Harry, some
enc entered the next room, whom
now believe to have been Mark,
We were conversing in low tone,
and l was on the point of rising
to see who the intruder was, when
the outer door closed again; l sup.
posed it was one of the servants:
and took no further notice of the
circumstance. / had decided to
tell Mark as soon as Harry left the
place again; but it is too late E:s
hasty jealousy has ruined all our
future happiness. Oh! Aggis,
can ever endure this?
If this is to be his line of con.
duct, it is better for you to sepa-
rate now replied her cousin.
much better than to marry one Of
those supicious jealous men, who
are seeking for evil in every un-
explained act. Such a man could
not make wife happy, and you,
my noble Elsie, with your free Joy
GUS nature, what sort of a life
would you live as the wife of such
a one?'
oh! believe me, darling con-
tinued she, fondly clasping her
friends hand, that, however bit.
ter the blow now seems to you, you
will yet see the truth as l do, that
this very jealousy renders hin, un.
worthy ofyoU, if he possessed such
deep principles of fidelity as you do,
he could not act as he has acted
Elsie Dean and Mark Dunton
had been engaged for a year and a
day, and six mouths more were to
have passed before their nuptiaIs
were celebrated. She was an or
phan, and had inherited at the
death of her father, an elegant
mansion; situated at the capital of
the Buckeye Stat, and certain
landed estates several miles there
from, which altogether made her
quite an heiress. She was past the
first bloom of girlhond, and had ar
rived at the mature age Of twenty
four, when she gave the first affec =
lions of her heart to Mr.. Dunton.
The latter was resident of an ad.
joining State; a rising author, with
something Of a fortune to help him
along his thorny road He was a
remarkably handsome man, dark
and grave, but pride was one OF
his ruling passions. Not tha'
kind of pride which is only stron-
ger name for selfrespect, and which
helps to raise US by our own mer-
its to a peerage with the noblest
and the best; but it was of that
other variety, which has its origin
in selfesteem, or in pure selfshness,
such as leads us to feel that VIII 1t il
ours is sacred. because it is ours,
and that no one has the most dis
tant right to encroach upon the
territory which Great 1 possesses.
But Elsie thought she could
conquer him with woman's wea.
pom of love, and trusted her truth
and fidelity would uproot the seeds
of bitterness which were SO firmly
planted in his nature.
1t is not to be thought that
vark Dunton wrote and sent that
letter without one bitter pang OF
one heartache. NO--the preceding
night was sleepless one for him
for he loved Elsie with all the love
of is deep. passionate nature, and
trusted her as far as he was capa
BILE OF trusting: perhaps if he had
loved her less he might have trust
ed her more. | do not know some
say jealously IS a constituent o.
true love; while others say thai
without Perfect confidence ther,
cannot be perfect love. But Mari
like many another man, though
he was right, and clung so persist
emily to what he considered proc
| of her guilt, that he would give he